| Definition of Terms |
Miami Springs Senior High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Miami-dade County, FL |
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| Total Students |
3437 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
49% /
51% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
146 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 1000 students | | Grade 10 - 929 students | | Grade 11 - 782 students | | Grade 12 - 726 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:24 |
1:19 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
n/a |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
82% |
18% |
| % Black |
10% |
26% |
| % White |
7% |
52% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
1% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
36% |
26% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
5% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Dade County School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
394 |
24 |
| Number of Students Managed |
363,406 students |
15,852 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$3,448,734,000 |
$150,286,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$3,439,247,000 |
$148,035,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$9,490 |
$9,481 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$9,464 |
$9,339 |
| District Graduation Rates |
76% |
90% |
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- Miami Springs High School is a secondary school located at 751 Dove Avenue in Miami Springs, Florida, USA; its principal is Thomas P. Ennis. The school is part of Miami-Dade County Public School's nationally-accredited magnet program, specializing in travel and tourism, the oldest of its kind in the state of Florida (established in 1987). Miami Springs serves ninth through twelfth grade students in the city of Miami Springs, the village of Virginia Gardens, the town of Medley, the southern portion of the city of Hialeah (south of 29th Street, and south of 25th Street after Hialeah Park) and a small unincorporated residential neighborhood east of Miami International Airport, the school used to serve the western Miami suburb of Doral, Florida until 2006 when a new high school was built in that area.
- Beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, the opening of Westland Hialeah High School in the southern portion of Hialeah, will remove the entire portion of southern Hialeah served by the school and located West of Palm Avenue, however, all portions of the boundary located east of Palm Avenue in Hialeah will remained served by the school.
- History
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Construction at Miami Springs Senior High School began in 1963 with the clearing of a large wooded lot at the site of the current campus. There were no homes built directly on the site which was one of the last area of thick jungle growth in the incorporated Miami Springs. The first day of classes at Springs was delayed due to Hurricane Cleo striking Miami on August 27, 1964. Springs first opened its doors after Labor Day the following week in September 1964 as an overcrowding reliever for nearby Hialeah High School. The first school year of 1964-65 served 9th 10th and 11th grade students, and the second school year of 1965-66 offered classes for 10th, 11th and 12th grades. Therefore, the first graduating class of Miami Springs was the Class of 1966.
- The school was one of three high schools in the district seriously affected by overcrowding in the early 2000s during the county's largest population growth since 1980. Its student population in the 2001-2002 school year peaked at 4,750 forcing the school to acquire a "split shifts" schedule in which 9th and 10th grade students would attend classes in the afternoons while 11th and 12th grade students attended in the morning. Despite being the third most populated school in the district after G. Holmes Braddock High School and Barbara Goleman Senior High School, Springs was considered most overcrowded as the school's capacity was only 2,500 students, while Braddock and Goleman's capacities surpassed 4,000 apiece. The school resumed a regular schedule for the 2005-2006 school year as overcrowding was relieved upon the opening of Ronald W. Reagan Doral High School, a school in the nearby suburb of Doral that was previously served by Miami Springs.
- The school has a policy to remove students not living within its boundaries. As a result, the school's overcrowding has been significantly reduced. This policy may have helped improve Miami Springs' test scores, helping raise the school from a D rating in 2003 to a B rating in 2005 and 2006.
- In 2009 Hialeah Gardens High School will open, taking attendance boundary territory from Barbara Goleman High School and Miami Springs High School. In turn Goleman will take territory from American High School.
- School uniforms
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The uniform policy was first implemented in 2003. Miami Springs High School requires school uniforms [1]. Shirts may be collared and may be white, yellow or gold, garnet, or red. Pants must be black or khaki. Denim is also acceptable.
- Demographics
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Miami Springs HS is 73% Hispanic, 15% White Non Hispanic, 11% Black and 1% Asian.
- Athletics
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Springs Athletics.MSHS produced 2 current NFL players, Willis McGahee, and Devin Aromashodu. Former NFL players Vince Kendrick (Atlanta Falcons), Hector Gray (Detroit Lions), Reggie Kinlaw (Oakland Raiders), and Lomas Brown (Detroit Lions)
- Notable athletes are: Profesional Baseball player and World Series Champion member John Cangelosi (Florida Marlins 1997),Professional Racquetball player Brenda Poe, University of Miami baseball and profesional baseball draftees Frank Castro, Yasmani Grandel, NCAA standout soccer players Marc Wolfe (Florida International University), Michael Hearns (Southern Connecticut State University), Tae Kwon Do 6 degree black belt master Ray Rodriguez, Florida swimming record holders Fred Darche, and Jay Rosol
- Publications
- The school's monthly newspaper is called the Zeitgeist, meaning "Spirit of the Times" in German.
- The school's yearbook is the Spectre, which celebrated its 40th edition in 2005.
- Notable clubs and extracurricular activities
- Mu Alpha Theta: Since the mid to late 1990s, the Miami Springs Senior High School Mu Alpha Theta chapter has had the distinction of being first in the county and ranking in the top ten statewide. In the 06-07 season, Springs Mu Alpha Theta team got 5th in the nation, beating powerhouses nationwide.
- Thespian Troupe 1466: The school's Thespian Troupe is part of the International Thespian Society. They work in conjunction with the school's Drama club, The Golden Players. In recent years, they have won numerous Critic's Choice Awards at the district and state levels with monologues, duet acting scenes, ensemble acting scenes, and student directed scenes. Thespian Troupe 1466 also won the honor of presenting a mainstage production at the Florida State Thespian Festival with their performance of "Anatomy of Gray" by Jim Leonard Jr. In the 2008-2009 school year, they won Superior ratings at the Florida Theatre Conference and the District 8 One-Act Play Festival with their 40-minute version of "Yemaya's Belly" by Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes. This marked the first time that the school received Superiors at both competitions.
- National Honor Society
- Odyssey of the Mind
- Anchor Service Club
- Eco-Hawks Environmental Club
- Medical Hawks
- HOSA
- Academics
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The State's Accountability program grades a school by a complex formula that looks at both current scores and annual improvement on the Reading, Math, Writing and Science FCATs.
- The school's grades by year since the FCAT began in 1998 are:
- 1998-99: D
- 1999-00: D
- 2000-01: D
- 2001-02: D (316 Points)
- 2002-03: D (306 Points)
- 2003-04: C (328 Points)
- 2004-05: B (385 Points)
- 2005-06: B (386 Points)
- 2006-07: C (459 Points)
- 2007-08: B (507 Points)
- See also
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- High school
- Education in the United States
- Miami Springs
- External links
- Miami-Dade County public schools
- Miami Springs High School alumni website
- Zeitgeist website
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| About This Zip Code (33166) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
22,563 people |
15,366,089 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
35% |
27% |
| Population Average Age |
36 years old
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37 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.6 persons
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2.3 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$43,684
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$38,396 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
3.8 rooms |
5.0 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
47 years old |
32 years old |
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51% / 49% |
67% / 33% |
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